CVE-2023-5542 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Students in "Only see own membership" groups could see other students in the group, which should be hidden.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00268.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.2.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject Subscribe	Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux Subscribe Fedora Subscribe
Moodle Subscribe	Moodle Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-2926	Students in "Only see own membership" groups could see other students in the group, which should be hidden.
Github GHSA	GHSA-8mm2-m2gp-c6x2	Moodle Improper Access Control vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-79213
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243441
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451583

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:-:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2023-11-09T19:27:38.733Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:59:44.790Z

Reserved: 2023-10-12T00:01:12.085Z

Link: CVE-2023-5542

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:59:44.790Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-09T20:15:09.480

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:41:58.437

Link: CVE-2023-5542

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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